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TELECOMWORLDWIRE-June 12, 2017-Microsemi enhances TimeProvider 5000 PTP Grandmaster Clock
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Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a provider of semiconductor solutions, has announced the hardware on its TimeProvider® 5000 IEEE(TM) 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock has been updated to support Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellation to ensure better reception and higher security in a wide variety of telecommunications network applications, the company said.
An increasing number of global operators are now looking at solutions like Microsemi's enhanced TimeProvider 5000, as the device offers multiple constellations in accordance with the directives in certain countries to remove their sole dependency on GPS. Having support for GLONASS and Galileo constellations also makes systems more robust and secure to certain GNSS vulnerabilities.
Microsemi's TimeProvider family has been installed in more than...